Saw support



May 22, I923.

w. G. PEACOCK SAW SUPPORT Filed May 16, 1922 INVENTOE WILLIAM G.PEACOK.-

ATTORNEY- Patented May 22, 1923.

UNITED STATE WILLIAM G. PEACOCK, OF ENDERBY, BRITISH COLUMBIA,.GANADA.

SAW SUPPORT.

Application filed May 16, 1922. Serial No. 561,443.

To all whom 2'25 may concern Be it known that I, WVILLIAM G. PEACOGK, acitizen of Dominion of Canada, and resident of Enderby, in the aounty ofYale and Province of British Columbia, Dominion of Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Saw Supports, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in asaw support and has for its primary object the provision of a supportwhich may be readily attached to a tree to support one end of a saw andthereby facilitate the operation of felling a tree.

The invention has for another object the provision of a saw support ofthe character stated which will be of such construction as to make itpossible for a single sawyer to saw down or fell trees which ordinarilyrequire two sawyers operating opposite ends of the saw.

The invention has for a further object the provision of a saw support ofthe character stated which will be of simple and inexpensiveconstruction, will be strong and durable and may be readily attached to,or removed from a tree trunk, as desired.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view as will appear as thedescription proceeds the invention consists in the novel constructioncombination and arrangement of co-operating elements as hereinafter morespecifically set forth, claimed and shown in the accompanying drawingsforming a part of the present application, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the support in use.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the support, removed.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the support.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, in which similar referencecharacters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,the numeral 4 designates the body of the support which may be in theform of a board or plank, as shown and which has an inwardly groovedforward end 5 for engagement around a portion of a tree trunk 6, asindicated in Figure 1.

In order to re-inforce the body 4 a transverse re-inforcing member 7 iscountersunk in the under face thereof adjacent the forward end 5. Thismay be readily. seen tapered to sharp points. are formed on the extendedforward ends by referring to Figures 2 and 3. In order to position thebody member 4 on the tree trunk, a pair of tree trunkengaging fingers 8are provided and have their outer ends These fingers 8 In order to bracethe body ,member 4, a

hinged bracing leg 10 is provided and carried by the hinge member 11which has one section secured to the end face of the body member 4outwardly of the longitudinal center of said body member 4. The bracingleg 10 has a bevelled upper end 12 which may be engaged with the endface of the body member 4 when the supporting leg 10 is nearly parallelwith the body member 4 or in its folded position, as shown in Figure 3.The supporting leg 10 has its free end reduced, as shown at 13 and apointed tree engaging member 14 is secured to the under face of thereduced end 13, as shown in Figures 2 and 3. This pointed tree engagingmember 13 has its free pointed end 15 extended a sufficient distancebeyond the reduced forward end 13 of the supporting leg 10 to enter thetree trunk 6, as indicated in Figure 1, and thereby firmly support thebody member 4 in proper position.

It is believed the complete construction and operation of the sawsupport may now be apparent to parties familiar with this art withoutfurther detailed description. It may be briefly stated, however, thatafter the support is properly mounted on the tree trunk 6, the bodymember 4 will serve as a shelf for one end of the conven tional form ofsaw 16, as shown in Figure 1, which saw 16 is designed to be normallyoperated by two sawyers, one sawyer at each end to operate it by meansof the end handles 17 thereof. When employing this saw support, however,the saw 16 may be operated by one sawyer at one end of the saw, whilethe remaining end of the saw rides over the body member 4, as indicatedin the drawings. This saw support is of special advantage when workingon a hilltended from the said end of the body member for attaching thelatter to the tree trunk and a bracing member carried by said bodymember provided with a. tree trunk penetrating extension.

2. A saw support comprising a body member having an inwardly groovedforward end for engagement around a tree trunk, means for reinforcingsaid body member, tree trunk engaging fingers extended from said bodymember, a bracing member hingedly connected with said body member and atree trunk penetrating extension member carried by said bracing member.

3. A saW support comprising a body member having one end formed forengagement around a tree trunk, a pair of tree trunk engaging fingersextending from said end of the body member at the edges thereof andpointed for engagement in the tree trunk, a bracing member, meanshingedly connecting said bracing member with said body member and apointed tree trunk penetrating extension carried by said bracing memberand projecting from the free end thereof, the free end portion of thebracing member being reduced in width and extended together with thetree trunk penetrating extension between the tree trunk engaging fingerswhen said bracing member is folded toward said body member, the hingedend of said bracing member being bevelled to permit folding of thebracing member toward said body member.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signaa ture.

WILLIAM G. PEACOCK.

